HONORS AND AWARDS

In just the last five years, our nonprofit newsroom – with barely more than a dozen people – has received a Peabody, an Emmy, and a National Magazine Award while winning three Pulitzer Prizes and being named a finalist for another. Our team appreciates these awards because they reflect the respect of our peers and are a reflection of our particular style of careful and evocative journalism.

While the recognition is deeply felt, we ultimately measure our work by its dual impact on public policy and public dialogue. This focus reflects our organizational commitment to creating and then sustaining difficult public conversations.

2024

Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting — Missing in Chicago (in partnership with City Bureau)

Peabody Award — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting Small Newsroom — Missing in Chicago (in partnership with City Bureau)

American Society of Magazine Editors National Magazine Podcasting Award — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

Izzy Award — trina reynolds-tyler and Sarah Conway for Missing in Chicago

Studs Terkel Award — Bill Healy

Peter Lisagor Award for Best reporting on race and diversity by a large newsroom — See No Evil: Why Does the Chicago Police Department Tolerate Abusive Racists in Its Ranks? (published in The Intercept)

Peter Lisagor Awards for Best feature reporting series and Best investigative reporting by a small newsroom — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

Peter Lisagor Awards for Best multimedia collaboration, Best use of feature video, Best reporting on crime and justice and Best reporting on race and diversity by a small newsroom — Missing in Chicago (in partnership with City Bureau)

2023

Third Coast International Festival Award for Best Serialized Story — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

Signal Award — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

Black Podcasting Award for Best History Podcast — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

IDA Documentary Award for Best Multi-Part Audio Documentary Series — You Didn’t See Nothin (in partnership with USG Audio)

2021

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting — Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons (in partnership with The Marshall Project, AL.com and the IndyStar)

Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Audio Reporting — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

National Headliner Award — Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons (in partnership with The Marshall Project, AL.com and the IndyStar)

Gracie Podcast Award  — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

Katharine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability — Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons (in partnership with The Marshall Project, AL.com and the IndyStar)

Scripps Howard  — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

Deadline Award Radio for Audio Feature Reporting  — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

2020

Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Documentary — 16 Shots (SHOWTIME) Produced by Jamie Kalven and co-produced by Alison Flowers

Lisagor Award for Best Investigative Reporting — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

IDA Documentary Award for Best Audio Documentary — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

Third Coast International Festival Award for Best Serialized Story — Somebody (in partnership with The Intercept and Topic Studios)

2017

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Investigative Reporting — Code of Silence (published in The Intercept)

Chicago Headline Club Watchdog Award — Code of Silence (published in The Intercept)

2016

EPPY Award — Code of Silence (published in The Intercept)

Hillman Prize — Code of Silence (published in The Intercept)

Sidney Award — Charged with murder, but they didn’t kill anyone—police did (in partnership with Chicago Reader)

Ridenhour Courage Prize — Jamie Kalven 

2015

Knight News Challenge on Data — Citizens Police Data Project 

Society of Professional Journalists Sunshine Award — Citizens Police Data Project 

Sidney Award — Citizens Police Data Project 

George Polk Award for Local Reporting — Sixteen Shots (published in Slate)